Macaque

Monkey Business – Enrichment Recipies for Nonhuman Primates

Detailed descriptions of feeding enrichment recipes and foraging devices for macaques.

Year Published: 2001Topics: Environmental EnrichmentAnimal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Bauer, S., Coish, J. L., Harron, P. et al. 2001. Monkey Business - Enrichment Recipies for Nonhuman Primates. Pfizer Global Research & Development, Sheridan Park Laboratories, Mississauga, Ontario.

Long-term effects of a food puzzle on the behaviour of rhesus monkeys

Five adult males were tested during a 17 week period. Access to a food puzzle yielded an overall reduction in, or even disappearance of, the stereotyped locomotion, the stereotyped self-directed beahviours and the saluting behaviour that had been observed when...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Florence, G., Riondet, L. 2001. Long-term effects of a food puzzle on the behaviour of rhesus monkeys. Folia Primatologica 72(3), 118-119. (Primate Meeting Abstract)

A comparative study of reconciliation in rhesus and Tonkean macaques

Post-conflict affiliative contacts between previous opponents were compared in Rhesus and Tonkean macaques. The first contact mostly occurred in the first minute following conflict. Among unrelated females, conciliatory tendencies rated fivefold higher in Tonkean macaques than in rhesus macaques. This...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Demaria, C., Thierry, B. 2001. A comparative study of reconciliation in rhesus and Tonkean macaques. Behaviour 138(3), 397-410.

Compatibility of laboratory monkeys housed in grooming-contact cages varies by species and sex

At the Washington Regional Primate Research Center, we promote grooming-contact caging as a means to provide laboratory monkeys with tactile social contact while maintaining research access to animals housed individually. Grooming contact is achieved through widely spaced vertical bars that...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Baboon, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Koberstein, D., Heffernan, K. S. 2001. Compatibility of laboratory monkeys housed in grooming-contact cages varies by species and sex. American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement ), 51-52 (Abstract).

Puzzle Ball foraging device for laboratory monkeys

We wanted a foraging device that was inexpensive, durable, and effective, and that could be sanitized during routine cage washing. .. An earlier design of this foraging device was developed by Murchison (1992). The design described here includes modified access...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Crockett, C. M., Bellanca, R. U., Heffernan, K. S. et al. 2001. Puzzle Ball foraging device for laboratory monkeys. Laboratory Primate Newsletter 40(1), 4-7.

The effects of privacy walls on aggression in a captive group of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta)

Preliminary results suggest that non-contact aggression (vocalizations, fear grimaces, chases, and threats) is significantly reduced after the introduction of the privacy walls (p

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: McCormack, K., Megna, N. L. 2001. The effects of privacy walls on aggression in a captive group of rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement 1), 50-51 (Abstract).

Self-injurious behavior in male rhesus macaques: association with aggression and stress

When levels of stress or arousal were held constant, self-biting was independent of social aggression.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lutz, C. K., Marinus, L., Chase, W. et al. 2001. Self-injurious behavior in male rhesus macaques: association with aggression and stress. American Journal of Primatology 54(Supplement ), 76-77 (Abstract).

A cart cage for transferring macaques, capuchins, and small dogs

A novel mobile monkey transport cart cage allows ease of handling, safety, secure holding, good visual access to the monkeys, room for large macaques, and ease of assembly, all at a modest cost.

Year Published: 2001Topics: HandlingAnimal Type: Capuchin, Dog, Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Lowery, T. 2001. A cart cage for transferring macaques, capuchins, and small dogs. Lab Animal 30(1), 45-46.

Effects of chair restraint on the strength of the tibia in rhesus monkeys

To determine the effects of the relative inactivity .. we used a non-invasive test to measure bending stiffness, or EI. ... Five monkeys, restrained in chairs for 14 days, showed decreases in EI.

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hutchinson, T. M., Bakulin, A. V., Rakhmanov, A. S. et al. 2001. Effects of chair restraint on the strength of the tibia in rhesus monkeys. Journal of Medical Primatology 30, 313-321.

Group-housing subadult male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment

A carefully designed, successful group-formation and group-housing protocol of five 3.5+ years old previously single-caged cynos is described in detail. Not only can the social complexity of the animals' interactions be increased, but also routine tasks can be accomplished with...

Year Published: 2001Animal Type: Macaque, Nonhuman Primate

Citation: Hartner, M. K., Hall, J., Penderhest, J. et al. 2001. Group-housing subadult male cynomolgus macaques in a pharmaceutical environment. Lab Animal 30(8), 53-57.